How Did Developers Help With The PS4’s Development?

In an interview with CVG, the game director of Guerilla games, Steven ter Heide commented on how great the new controller is, saying that it is “a great controller for an FPS”

He went on to say how they helped with they had discussions about putting a headset jack in the controller itself, which therefore gives everyone the ability to do online and have a chat (So no excuses from now on!).

It was their suggestion to concave the analogue sticks, which are only a simple change, but he said that it would make all the difference.

So when it comes to features, like headset jack and analogue sticks, that was where Guerilla put their 2 cents it, other developers, like Evolution Studios who are behind the Motorstorm and WRC, are making the beautiful DriveClub which is a game where you drive….. as a club….. Their suggestions were based on motion movement and how the controller would interact with games of the racing genre (please don’t be a cheesy tilt to steer! )

According to the Guerilla co-founder, he thinks the DualShock 4 is “a big step foward for what we already have on the PS3”

He went on to mention how the controller feels, saying this;

It feels incredibly accurate, in your hands it feels solid, it feels really high quality with the materials that have been used, it feels like you’re in control and particularly with that feeling of being a Shadow Marshal, this big hero guy with extra capabilities, it’s very suitable.

ter Heide also said;

“The guys who made [the system] are no longer in an ivory tower in Tokyo, it’s shared with us and not just with us, but with Evolution, Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, everybody and together we’ve built the machine.”

The games mentioned above are to be released along with the PS4.

Fun Facts;

DriveClub willl be first person only

The name ‘DriveClub’ was trademarked 9 years ago

Bill Gates wants a PS4 (unconfirmed)

81,000 PS3 systems were sold 24hours of its release in Japan

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The Vita did have developers help create it, I remember seeing videos of game developers discussing how they got to get their hands on the development process of it and everything. They even let some common testers take a look at it and throw out some ideas, if I remember correctly.

I wonder if this is the main flaw of the ps vita, that third party studios were involved in creating this. Well, just imagine what would happen if Peter Molyneux was involved with the next Xbox, than it would be announced as a spaceship but in the end it would just suck. XD *rofl*

And they COMPLETELY *** UP with placing arrow cross with analog stick. It’s impossible to feel comfortable when rumbling MK, analog stick is veeeery sensitive, and you just can’t use it. And it’s placing designed for impossibility to use cross without touching stick accidently. So devs can suck their own ***.

What I get from this article is that the controller was catered towards the FPS enthusiast and somewhat towards racing (which is somehow strictly a first person driving game). I really hope to God that the PS4 doesn’t turn into a one genre machine like the XBox 360 is…

Army of two was a good use of the ps3 controller i guess making use of the six axes. Think the touch pad be used to look around and on the mortal kombat for the vita think u can use the touch screen to do combos well works for marvel vs capcom. piletthing an assult ship in a shoothing game will shooting an using the controllers six axex thing to controll the plane would be pretty mean.

only nintendo and apple faggots buy whatever their companies spit out, even if they spit *** out their mouth. Us PS users prefer to be harder on sony and demand better and more stuff so we can get quality out of our systems.

If the main PS4 thing that excites you is being a *** and kicking those who wanna play without being phone-called by obnoxious strangers… Then you may want a new hobby, because there are funner things in the universe, that actually have a point.

And as you pointed out, since this gives people the excuse to kick you out of the group if you don’t use the feature, it almost does force you to use it. (Or get kicked from many groups.) I’m glad you brought up that point. I wish they’d never included this.

I think the PS4 just wanted to give people options. It’s a loophole that douches can abuse it this way. That is a serious oversight.

You have no right to force me to use my voice in an online match, or hurt my online experience because I didn’t. I’m not a fan of real-voice convos in video games, nor should I have to convert, to use multiplayer.

Regardless, if I get PS4 I’m going to enjoy it immensely. Even if everyone kicks if you don’t talk (which I doubt), I’ll still enjoy the PS4. Most of my favorite games aren’t FPS or Strategy anyway.

I was just pointing out that I disagree with the feature, and its potential abuse. Apparently that got you red in the face. That’s wonderful.

Why are FPS developers focusing on controllers anyway??? Controllers suck at FPS and they know that, the ps4 is surely going to have usb ports, so why bother with that, when you could just plug in your mouse and keyboard and off you go. Well I don’t dislike controllers, they are more comfortable for racing games, rpg’s… and so on. BUT for FPS they SUCK, especially when there is auto aiming in game, it f*ckin sucks. If devs had a word in development of the ps4 then it sure as heck would have usb mouse and keyboard support. Best argument would be for all those CoD and Battlefield lunatics that you have the SAME accuracy as any pc gamer. Which makes cross platform gaming possible (pc-ps4-xbox XXX) and not unfair. And mikrofon… well those playing games online already have bluetooth headsets or any other voice recording device hooked up to their console of choice. Why reinventing everything? I wonder how well it does if there is another one or more person in room and they are talking. It’s not like a headset which records only the voice of the person directly in front or sideways.

Mouse and keyboard support have been built into ALL the newest mainstream consoles. 360? yeah, you can use them for FFXI. PS3? yup, web browser, and DUST514. Wii? actually, not sure about the Wii, but I believe that the web browser supports it, who cares about the Wii anyways though.

It’s not SONY’s fault the developers are too stupid to implement Mouse and Keyboard, and all you sheople out there buying it up while complaining about the lack thereof? you are the problem(if you aren’t one of the sheople, then show some intelligence and realize that’s not aimed at you). Vote with your dollar, that’s capitalism.

Besides, this article is about the controller. What? Were you hoping for a Mouse and Keyboard usb jack in your controller?… That would be cool actually. It could double as a place to put your flash drives… It’s not going to happen, DEAL.

P.S. I hate those stupid indented nubs, they used to rub my thumbs raw when I played 360. Nubs like that are a large part of the reason I sold my XBOX and said F**k their exclusives. Way to ruin my gaming experience Steven ter Heide, you’ll be getting some hatemail from me real soon, and I’m not buying any of your companies games again… not even if you are the last game dev in existence.

Xbox 360 I didn’t know, ps3 I knew but it suck especially the mouse support, as the usb polling rate is much to low -> so sucks. Wii, keyboard thats it.

And nope, the ps4 is not for me, it lost it’s flair of being a console so back to the roots -> PC I’m back, AGAIN.!!

Where did it state that this article was only about the controller? The title reads as following: How Did Developers Help With The PS4′s Development? They are mainly talking about the controller, but why do you think is the ps4 a pc like console? Cause it’s muuuuuuuuuuch easier to develop for it than working on an industrial ALIEN like the ps3 -> and that’s their main help you could say.

You’re wrong about most of this rant. Mouse and keyboard is supported on PS3, that part is true. But the rest is wrong. No 360 games support mouse and keyboard controls. FFXI supports a keyboard for chat only. I don’t think the hardware/ firmware even supports a mouse. Same for the Wii. There’s keyboard support for chat in Monster Hunter (that might be it), but again, no mouse support.

Consoles are designed to be played on the couch, with a controller. You need a flat hard space for a mouse, like a desktop. If you’re sitting at a desktop using a mouse and keyboard, why not just get a pc? You’re 90% there.

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